CVE-2023-27486CWE-863

Insufficient authorization validation between zones when xCAT zones are enabled

High · published March 8, 2023

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
57.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

xCAT is a toolkit for deployment and administration of computer clusters. In versions prior to 2.16.5 if zones are configured as a mechanism to secure clusters in XCAT, it is possible for a local root user from one node to obtain credentials to SSH to any node in any zone, except the management node of the default zone. XCAT zones are not enabled by default. Only users that use the optional zone feature are impacted. All versions of xCAT prior to xCAT 2.16.5 are vulnerable. This problem has been fixed in xCAT 2.16.5. Users making use of zones should upgrade to 2.16.5. Users unable to upgrade may mitigate the issue by disabling zones or patching the management node with the fix contained in commit `85149c37f49`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00853 · 57.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2023-03-08T18:53Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 MAR 18:53Z
    Insufficient authorization validation between zones when xCAT zones are enabled
    cvelistv5